The Congress: Brookhart Out

Thousands and thousands of ballots cast by lowans in November, 1924,
were on trial. Nearly half were for extremely radical Republican
Brookhart for Senator, nearly half for Democrat Steck. Iowa had counted
Brookhart elected, but Steck protested, and the Senate Judiciary
Committee began months ago investigation of the pieces of "opaque
paper" which collectively were designed to express the sovereign
will of the people of Iowa.

When they came to disputed ballots — there
were some 16 different kinds of them — the committee tried...